Sital Prasad Shaw @ Gupta & Anr. v. Ashish Bhattacharya Since deceased Manas Kumar Mishra
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Section 245(3) CrPC; Code of Criminal Procedure (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1988 (W.B. Act 24 of 1988, S.4); four-year discharge rule; Section 244 evidence before charge; warrant case instituted otherwise than on police report; prospective amendment; quashing of decades-old criminal proceeding; Sections 401/482 CrPC inherent/revisional power; Article 21 speedy trial; abuse of process; delay attributable to prosecution not accused; Section 3(a) Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act; Calcutta High Court criminal revision 2025; Syed Mohammad Hasan v. K.C. Das (1991 C Cr LR (Cal) 99); Sree Ram Trading and Supply Co. (1993 C Cr LR (Cal) 139); Santosh De v. Archna Guha ((1994) 2 SCC 420).
What did the court decide?
C.R.R. 1770 of 2011 allowed; proceeding Case No. C-472/82 corresponding Trial No. 63/83 under Section 3(a) Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act quashed insofar as petitioner Sital Prasad Shaw @ Gupta, who stands discharged; interim order(s), if any, vacated; connected CRAN 1 of 2024 disposed of by allowing substitution of Mr. Manas Kumar Mishra in place of opposite party no. 1, Ashish Bhattacharya (since deceased).